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PianoFast Visual Piano Chord Chart PDF
PianoFast Visual Piano Chord Chart PDF
Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Major Chords ........................................................................................................................................................................ 4
Major 6th Chords ................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Major 7th Chords ................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Major 9th Chords ................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Major 6/9 Chords .................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Minor Chords ........................................................................................................................................................................ 9
Minor 6th Chords ................................................................................................................................................................. 10
Minor 7th Chords ................................................................................................................................................................. 11
Minor Major 7th Chords ...................................................................................................................................................... 12
Minor 9th Chords................................................................................................................................................................ 13
Minor 6/9 Chords ............................................................................................................................................................... 14
Minor 11th Chords ............................................................................................................................................................... 15
7th Chords ........................................................................................................................................................................... 16
9th Chords ........................................................................................................................................................................... 17
13th Chords ......................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Augmented Chords – written as ‘+’ or ‘aug’ ....................................................................................................................... 19
Diminished Chords – written as ‘o’ or ‘dim’ ........................................................................................................................ 20
Suspended 2nd Chords......................................................................................................................................................... 21
Add 2 Chords ...................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Suspended 4th Chords ......................................................................................................................................................... 23
Jazz Suspended Chords – or 9sus4 Chords .......................................................................................................................... 24
Half-Diminished Chords – written as ‘ø7 or ‘m7(b5)’ ........................................................................................................... 25
Dominant 7 Flat 9 Chords – written as ‘7(b9)’ .................................................................................................................... 26
13 Flat 9 Chords – written as ‘13(b9)’ ................................................................................................................................. 27
Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Chords – written as ‘7(#9)’ ................................................................................................................. 28
Augmented 7th Chords – written as ‘aug7’ or ‘+7’ .............................................................................................................. 29
Augmented 9th Chords – written as ‘aug9’ or ‘+9’ .............................................................................................................. 30
Augmented 7th Flat 9 Chords – written as ‘+(b9)’ or ‘+7(b9)’ .............................................................................................. 31
Diminished 7th Chords – written as ‘o7’ or ‘dim7’ ............................................................................................................... 32
Lydian Major Chords – Major 13#11................................................................................................................................... 33
Lydian Dominant Chords – 13#11 ....................................................................................................................................... 34
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Introduction
This guide does NOT contain every piano chord in the universe!
HOWEVER… with 28 variations of chords in all 12 keys (336 total chords!), it should give you plenty of chords to work
with well into intermediate and advanced levels of piano playing.
I would guess that probably 99% of the chords I play are contained in this guide – whether it’s a solo jazz piano gig or a
dueling piano gig, where I’m playing popular music of the last 50 years.
Some of the chords included in this guide are not playable with just one hand, so I encourage you to break them apart
into two-hand voicings and find variations that sound good to you.
Also, by changing the relative positions of the chord tones (“opening up” the chords), or by creating “inversions” of
these chords (where the root is no longer on the bottom of the chord), it is possible to create literally hundreds of
variations of the chords in this guide.
For example, C13 could be played with a C bass note in the left hand and E-A-Bb-D or Bb-D-E-A in the right hand.
In fact, I have a whole separate course dedicated entirely to chord voicings – called Piano Chord Voicings… FAST!
In my experience, it’s always helped me to learn just a handful of chords in a handful of keys, and to play around with
those chords until I felt comfortable with them, slowly adding variations, new chords, or additional keys as I felt it was
necessary.
If you need some help learning to work with chords and lead sheets (sheet music with melody and chords only), I
recommend you check out my foundation course, Professional Piano Chords for Everyday Pianists.
Wherever you are in your piano journey, I hope this guide is helpful to you.
Bill Romer
PianoFast.com
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Major Chords
C G
D A
E B
F# or Gb C# or Db
G# or Ab D# or Eb
A# or Bb F
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Major 6th Chords
C6 G6
D6 A6
E6 B6
A#6 or Bb6 F6
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Major 7th Chords – written as ‘M7’ or ‘maj7’ or ‘Δ7’
CM7 GM7
DM7 AM7
EM7 BM7
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Major 9th Chords – written as ‘M9’ or ‘maj9’ or ‘Δ9’
CM9 GM9
DM9 AM9
EM9 BM9
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Major 6/9 Chords
C6/9 G6/9
D6/9 A6/9
E6/9 B6/9
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Minor Chords – written as ‘m’ or ‘min’ or ‘-‘
Cm Gm
Dm Am
Em Bm
A#m or Bbm Fm
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Minor 6th Chords – written as ‘m6’ or ‘min6’ or ‘-6’
Cm6 Gm6
Dm6 Am6
Em6 Bm6
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Minor 7th Chords – written as ‘m7’ or ‘min7’ or ‘-7’
Cm7 Gm7
Dm7 Am7
Em7 Bm7
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Minor Major 7th Chords
CmM7 GmM7
DmM7 AmM7
EmM7 BmM7
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Minor 9th Chords – written as ‘m9’ or ‘min9’ or ‘-9’
Cm9 Gm9
Dm9 Am9
Em9 Bm9
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Minor 6/9 Chords – written as ‘m6/9’ or ‘min6/9’ or ‘-6/9’
Cm6/9 Gm6/9
Dm6/9 Am6/9
Em6/9 Bm6/9
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Minor 11th Chords – written as ‘m11’ or ‘min11’ or ‘-11’
Cm11 Gm11
Dm11 Am11
Em11 Bm11
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7th Chords
C7 G7
D7 A7
E7 B7
A#7 or Bb7 F7
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9th Chords
C9 G9
D9 A9
E9 B9
A#9 or Bb9 F9
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13th Chords
NOTE: The 11th (note 2nd from the right) is usually omitted in this chord.
C13 G13
D13 A13
E13 B13
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Augmented Chords – written as ‘+’ or ‘aug’
C+ G+
D+ A+
E+ B+
A#+ or Bb+ F+
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Diminished Chords – written as ‘o’ or ‘dim’
Cdim Gdim
Ddim Adim
Edim Bdim
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Suspended 2nd Chords
Csus2 Gsus2
Dsus2 Asus2
Esus2 Bsus2
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Add 2 Chords
Cadd2 Gadd2
Dadd2 Aadd2
Eadd2 Badd2
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Suspended 4th Chords
Csus4 Gsus4
Dsus4 Asus4
Esus4 Bsus4
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Jazz Suspended Chords – or 9sus4 Chords
NOTE: Can also be thought of as ii7/V chord – e.g., Dm7/G (G bass) in key of C – written as ‘sus’
Csus Gsus
Dsus Asus
Esus Bsus
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Half-Diminished Chords – written as ‘ø7 or ‘m7(b5)’
Cm7(b5) Gm7(b5)
Dm7(b5) Am7(b5)
Em7(b5) Bm7(b5)
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Dominant 7 Flat 9 Chords – written as ‘7(b9)’
C7(b9) G7(b9)
D7(b9) A7(b9)
E7(b9) B7(b9)
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13 Flat 9 Chords – written as ‘13(b9)’
NOTE: The 11th (2nd note from the right) is usually left out of this chord.
C13(b9) G13(b9)
D13(b9) A13(b9)
E13(b9) B13(b9)
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Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Chords – written as ‘7(#9)’
C7(#9) G7(#9)
D7(#9) A7(#9)
E7(#9) B7(#9)
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Augmented 7th Chords – written as ‘aug7’ or ‘+7’
C+7 G+7
D+7 A+7
E+7 B+7
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Augmented 9th Chords – written as ‘aug9’ or ‘+9’
C+9 G+9
D+9 A+9
E+9 B+9
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Augmented 7th Flat 9 Chords – written as ‘+(b9)’ or ‘+7(b9)’
NOTE: A nice voicing for this chord is the root in the left hand (bass) and 7-b9-3-+5 in the right hand. For example,
C+7(b9) would be C in the bass and Bb-Db-E-G# in the right hand.
C+7(b9) G+7(b9)
D+7(b9) A+7(b9)
E+7(b9) B+7(b9)
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Diminished 7th Chords – written as ‘o7’ or ‘dim7’
Cdim7 Gdim7
Ddim7 Adim7
Edim7 Bdim7
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Lydian Major Chords – Major 13#11
Can also omit 13th for Major 9#11 and 9th for Major 7#11. Major 13#11 is easy to remember, because you play the major
chord whose root is one whole step above the root of the base chord – e.g., CM13#11 = CM7 + D on top.
CM13#11 GM13#11
DM13#11 AM13#11
EM13#11 BM13#11
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Lydian Dominant Chords – 13#11
Can also omit 13th for 9#11 and 9th for 7#11. 13#11 is easy to remember, because you play the major chord whose root is
one whole step above the root of the base chord – e.g., C13#11 = C7 + D on top.
C13#11 G13#11
D13#11 A13#11
E13#11 B13#11
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